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Mehmet Öz
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Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)
Film & TV
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Mehmet Cengiz Öz, known professionally as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish American television personality, cardiothoracic surgeon, Columbia University professor, pseudoscience promoter, and author. Oprah Winfrey was the first guest on the Discovery Channel series, Second Opinion with Dr. Oz in 2003.
Known for
- My View with Lara Trump — Self2025
- Trump: The Comeback? — Self (archive footage)2022
- My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys — Self (archive footage)2020
- Race Against Time2019
- Luke Perry: In His Own Words — Self2019
- Mom and Dad — Dr. Mehmet Oz2018
- Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson — Self2017
- The $100,000 Pyramid — Self - Guest2016
- Match Game — Self - Panelist2016
- Dr. Ken — Dr. Oz2015
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Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Preceded by
- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
- Succeeded by
- Elena Delle Donne , José Andrés
- Born
- Mehmet Cengiz Öz , ( 1960-06-11 ) June 11, 1960 (age 65) , Cleveland , Ohio, U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States Turkey
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Lisa Lemole ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
- Children
- 4, including Daphne
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA ), University of Pennsylvania ( MD , MBA )
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Organization s
- HealthCorps , Sharecare
- Television
- The Dr. Oz Show
- Occupation
- Television presenter physician author
- Awards
- Full list
- Website
- doctoroz .com
- Allegiance
- Turkey
- Branch service
- Turkish Land Forces
- Years of service
- Early 1980s for 60 days
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Spouse
- Lisa Oz
- Child
- Daphne Oz
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Native language
- Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Official website
- www.DoctorOz.com
- Image
- CMS Admin Dr Mehmet Oz.png
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- Woodlawn
- Residence
- Palm Beach
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- writing language
- Turkish
- Commons category
- Mehmet Öz
- ethnic group
- Turkish Americans
- date of birth
- 1960-06-11
- name in native language
- Mehmet Öz
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- pseudonym
- Dr. Oz
- social media followers
- 3903332
- birth name
- Mehmet Cengiz Öz
- website account on
- Gettr
- net worth
- 100000000
- affiliation string
- New York Presbyterian Hospital
Sources (14)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mehmet Cengiz Oz (Turkish: Öz; /məˈmɛt ˈdʒɛŋɡɪz ɒz/ mə-MET JENG-ghiz oz; Turkish: [mehˈmet dʒeɲˈɟiz øz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (/ɒz/ ), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator, and government official serving as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since 2025.
The son of Turkish immigrants, Oz was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey. Oz received degrees in medicine and business from the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently began his residency in surgery at Presbyterian Hospital in New York in 1986, co-founding its Cardiac Complementary Care Center to provide various types of alternative medicine to heart disease patients. Oz helped create new procedures and medical devices, including the MitraClip. In 2001, Oz became a professor of surgery at Columbia University, and became emeritus in 2018. In May 2022, Columbia cut ties with Oz and removed him from their website.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mehmet Öz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.